Button-arranging clothes wringer



Sept. 29, 1925. i o. M. oT'rE BUTTON ARRANGING CLOTHES .WRINGER Filed Jan. 30. 1921 lWEA/Tok Odo MMWOM' Arolls.

Patented Sept. 29, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENToFFicn @THG M. OTTE, 0F TARENTM, EENNSYLVANI, ASSZIIGOR,l .BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO RYDEX MANUFACTURNG EGM'PAINY, 0F 131"RACKIENRHJGd?A PENNSYLVANIA, A CRPORATION 0F IP NNSYLVNIA.

BUTTN-RRLNGNG CLTHES WRINGER.

Application died fannary 30, 3922. Serial No. M2359. i

'To elif cas/iam, it 'may concern:

Ee it known that I, OTHo ivi. Grrr, e citi- :zen oi the UnitedStates, and e residentoi 'Forentunn in the county oi Allegheny end the Siete of Pennsylvania', have mede it new and useful Invention in Bnttondin ranging Clothes Veringcrs, oi which the :EoL lowing is e specification.

This invention relates to clothes wringers.

'lhe buttons on clothes when run through ivring'ers as ordinarily constructed ere liable to boeiiher torn from the ciothes or broken lo) the compression rolls of the wringer, owing to the fact that a large proportion oi' them enter between the compression rolls et on improper angle with relation to the line of travel of the clothes through the l hei/e found that it 'the buttons are leid tint before entering the rolls, the tend enc-jr to teer them vfrom the clothes or to break tliein is reduced to n ininininin ond an object ci this invention is to `movido e' wringer in theoperation of which, the lontu ons on clothes prior to their entrance herreon the vvringer rolls are eutonieticeliy .adjusted and arranged so ns to enter the rolls in e, position to minimize the crushing the ont-tons or the tearing; of them troni the clothes.

.i inrther object oi this invention is to provide e ivringer combining in its niehenp i button adjuster and safety guard, 'Where by the hands of the operator will ce pre rented .troni passing into the compression rolls.

'"ihese, es well as other objects which will readily appear to those skilled in this perticnler ort, l attain by means oi the device described in the spccitication and illustrated .En the drawings accompanying and `forming mrt oi' this application. in the drawings, Figure i is e side sec` cional view in elevation of e 1portion oi e :ioihes Wringer embodying this invention and Figure 2Msnsirnilennienieie mod cation of seid vi'ringgerin constructing e Wringer embodying this invention, the ordinary freine consisting oi the end posts slotted to receive the hearing blocks for journaling compression rollsmey he utilized. The compression rolls may he geared together as is now common, but in constructing e Wringer in accordance with this invention, compression rolls 3 and l are so mounted in their hearing blocks 5 and i that the axes of the rolls are vertically otiset es shown in Figs.` i and 2.

.in a one Way wringer, each ot the Wringer end posts S carries e iiforivardly projecting bracket 9 and substantially in line with the lower compression rollffl, an idler roller i0 has its reduced ends or trunnions il joui'- neled. o

Si sott rubber belt l2 of substantially the saune Widtl'i ostile compression rolls extends around iower compression roll 4l: and idler roller i0.

Each of the brackets 9 above the upper run ci heit l2 is provided with e hearing slot i3 and Within this slot the reduced ends or trunnions le of an idler roller l5 are jonrneled. soit endless rubber heit i6 passes around compression roll 3 and idler roller 15. rlhe inclination of Wells i7 oi slots 13 is such that 'the outer end (that farthest removed from compression roll 3) or belt 16 incy he more or sway from heit l2 to present an opening he tween the iovver run ot belt i6 andthe opper run of holt l2 for the entrance ci clothes or other material to be Wrong between the compression rolls.

The vertical offsetting ci the axes oi the compression rolls materially increases the compression eren ioe'tWeen tl e helts over what it would he if the axes of the roiis were in the seine vertical plane, thereby ineterieiiy inineesing the edectiveness ot the device es n wringen i in Fie'. the device illustrated is e. tvvo mty or onhle-Wringer which is capable oi being run in looth directions endis edcptedA Hoving thus described my invention, what i cieiin is1- in e Wringer,

upper end lower compression rolls hevnig their axes vertically oiiset,

an idler roller in front of 'seid lower conn" pression roll, an endless belt passing around seid lower roll and roller, en 'idler roller m less freely moved front of said upper compression roll and positioned over an unsupported section of said lower belt, 'an endless belt passing around said upper roll and roller and a 5 bracket having a', slot for yieldingl)7 supf porting said upper roller in vertically offset. relation tosaidy lower roller whereby material is I,initially compacted between said yieldingly mounted upper rol-ler and an unsupported section of said lower belt.

In testimonyv whereof, I' have hereunto subscribed my name this day of Jan. 25,

' OTHO M. OTTE. 

